I had no idea that he died 8 years ago. Just thought I would let everyone know, in case you also had no idea.
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he died a long time ago, yeah. suicide, if i recall?

Yeah, it was awhile ago.

Yeah he killed himself with a shotgun. To this day, his Big Country band members and family members don't know what cost it though it's speculated he was depressed for a number of years.

Wow, he seemed so Calm. Sad...The song In A Big Country was Cool way Back as was the video.

They had some great albums, alot of b sides rare mixes etc...it was a very sad thing how he died.

damn.....i was watching about 5 clips and then saw a message about it, then went to wikipedia and found out

wierd

Yeah I was shocked when it happened, they were one of my fave bands circa 83/84. I saw them in concert a few times.

The details are a bit vague to me now but didn't he hang himself in a Nashville motel room, depressed over the break up of his marriage?

Whatever, it was a sad loss. I still play my Big Country and Skids tunes and remember him with fondness. Whenever he came here to Manchester he always said it was "great to be home" as it was his birthplace.

http://archives.cnn.com/2...index.html

December 17, 2001
Stuart Adamson, lead singer of 1980s pop group Big Country, has been found dead in Hawaii in what authorities are reportedly calling an apparent suicide.

Adamson was positively identified through fingerprints, The Associated Press reported. The Honolulu medical examiner's office conducted an autopsy that reportedly determined the cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging, AP reported.

Ian Grant, Adamson's manager, confirmed the body of the 43-year-old was discovered in a hotel on Sunday.

"He was a great guy and, I know there will be a lot of people will feel the same way," Grant said.

Adamson, who had been living in Nashville, Tennessee, went missing several weeks ago.

A statement on the Web site of Grant's record label, Track Records, said: "I cannot believe I am sitting at my desk typing this. Stuart Adamson was found dead in a hotel room in Hawaii yesterday. I have no more news other than that at present. I ask the media to leave his family alone in their grief. My heart goes out to his family, Bruce, Mark and Tony."

The statement added: "I have just lost one of the finest people I have ever worked with or been lucky enough to know."

Big Country split last year and Adamson went on to form another group, The Raphaels.

He had lived in Nashville for the past five years and was married.

Adamson, born in Manchester, England, grew up in Crossgates near Dunfermline, Fife, and formed the punk group The Skids in the 1970s.

He went on to form Big Country, which had a string of hits during the 1980s as well as eight successful albums.

Well... if Hawaii can't cheer ya up..